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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
7. Worthless people.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
13. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
14. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
15. A tight-fitting headdress.
16. (law) Lacking any legal or binding force.
17. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
20. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
24. A yearning for something or to do something.
25. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
37. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
40. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
42. A lump on the body caused by a blow.
44. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
45. Type genus of the Anatidae.
46. (informal) Of the highest quality.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
2. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
3. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
4. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
5. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
6. Of southern Europe.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Effusively sociable.
9. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
10. Among the largest bony fish.
18. God of love and erotic desire.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A Russian river.
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
30. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
31. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
34. The space between two lines or planes that intersect.
35. Any admirable quality or attribute.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
38. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
39. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. British informal term.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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